Etsy stock has lost 76% of its value in 9 months

Re:Etsy stock has lost 76% of its value in 9 months by winter_blue on Friday January 15, 2016 @04:43PM (#10912354)

So I suppose the take-away is: avoid putting your savings in tech stock?

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Re:Etsy stock has lost 76% of its value in 9 months by toomuchtodo on Friday January 15, 2016 @04:50PM (#10912411)

You should never be putting any savings in stocks except index funds, unless you're gambling.

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Re:Etsy stock has lost 76% of its value in 9 months by mattzito on Friday January 15, 2016 @05:02PM (#10912530)

Or have some sort of legal insider information. (Not that that's the situation for most people, but it's worth rounding out the discussion)

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Re:Etsy stock has lost 76% of its value in 9 months by anindyabd on Friday January 15, 2016 @05:06PM (#10912558)

As a rule of thumb, you should only invest what you can afford to lose, in any stock.

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